vivario.org.br/sosfavela The density of people per m² and the poor sanitary conditions make Rio de Janeiro's poor slums ideal for the rapid spread of the coronavirus, aggravating the risk of ...

Claudio Edinger Marcos Rodrigo Neves remembers the bad old days in Rocinha, the largest favela, or slum, in Rio de Janeiro ... “It’s good that people are no longer smoking dope in the streets ...

Brother Fabio preaches at a church in Santa Marta, one of Rio de Janeiro ... in the slum in 1973, he grew up to be a hit man with the nickname “Bananeira” because he reminded people of ...

A large-scale deployment by the Police in various Rio de Janeiro favelas (slums) has left at least seven people dead after gunfights between law enforcement officers and suspected criminals ...

A man went into cardiac arrest and died while waiting in an urgent care center in Rio de Janeiro, health authorities said. José Silva visited the medical facility in the Cidade de Deus slum on ...

Wind-chill temperatures in Rio de Janeiro reached 58°C Saturday before a storm broke out, leaving eight people missing following a shipwreck off Guanabara Bay. It was the highest temperature ...